RUP dicamba labels now require 20 different records be kept for each application
The first 9 are the standard USDA/EPA requirements for many years:
- Product Name
- EPA Registration Number
- Total amount applied to the field
- Date of application (M/D/Y)
- Location of application (legals, Lat/Lon, etc.)
- Crop name (Xtend soybeans, NOT just “soybeans”)
- Size of area treated (in acres)
- Name of certified applicator
- Applicator certification license number
Additional records:
- Proof of dicamba-specific training (NDA website works)
- Receipt/s of purchase of RUP dicamba used
- Product label (does not have to be on your person at time of application)
- Buffer distance maintained
- Evidence of susceptible crops nearby (date this review was conducted)
- Start and finish time of application (include a.m. or p.m.)
- PRE or POST emergence application, and if POST, how many days after planting
- Air temperature at boom height at both start and stop times
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Wind speed and direction at boom height at start and stop time
- Nozzles used and spray pressure (include nozzle maker name)
- Tank mix partners, including all non-pesticide products. If other pesticides are included, records must show EPA Reg. Nos. for all of them
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Spray system cleanout procedure. At a minimum, records must indicate spray system was clean before application was made, what cleanout procedure was used, and the date of the cleanout.
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NDA will allow cleanout procedure to be recorded as a checklist.
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If equipment is used for many identical applications, complete cleanout would not be needed between fields.
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Additional Nebraska Requirements
- Nebraska Pesticide Act and Pesticide Regulations require RUP application and sales record be kept for 3 years
- Dealers do not have to verify if purchaser has dicamba training, only that they, or the eventual applicator, has a current pesticide applicator license
- It is the responsibility of the dicamba applicator to ensure they have taken dicamba-specific training before their first use of RUP dicamba
- NDA has placed no additional restrictions on dicamba use on soybeans as other states have (cutoff dates, even tighter daylight hours, generic dicamba special labeling, etc.)
NDA Response for 2018
- Any calls from the public should be forwarded to the Pesticide Program at 402-471-2351
- Complaints should be sent to the same number
- NDA has a website for dicamba information posted on the main page under Featured Programs
